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The super tight valve cover bolts, when averaged with the other loose bolts on the bike, gives an overall correctly torqued motorcycle. lol

@-4023-

3 ай бұрын

had to put a nut on the bottom of my clutch cause every time i pulled it, it would get too loose and it wouldn't "engage" factory it didn't even come with a bolt and it didn't start happening until 2 months after i got it

Hawk is such a fun little POS! I love mine.

If you bend one fork, order both and replace them as a pair. If somehow one of them bent that same load was felt by both and the odds that the other one is damaged is pretty good. Even if it doesn't look bent, it can still be weakened. It's always a good idea to replace them in pairs. I've tried the replace the one that looked slightly bent route to save a bit of money. What I didn't see was that there was ever so slight bend on the other side that I had to roll the shaft on a known flat surface to detect. That was just enough bend to cause repeat seal failures and leaks on a Honda 450. The dealer mechanic caught it when he put a straight edge on it and there was a gap where there shouldn't have been one.

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I would have except I didn't order the fork. It came with when Dork sold it to me.

Carb backfiring like that when you blip the throttle, to me, indicates a very lean condition. Adjust the A/F ratio and if needed swap the pilot jet accordingly. Adjusting a single cylinder carb is actually pretty simple because you can do it by ear easily. First close the pilot screw all the way in and note how many turns it was, just in case you want to put it back where it was. Then open the pilot about 2.5 turns and start the bike and let it properly warm up, take it for a spin if you want. You want the bike at full operating temperature. After warming up, if the pilot screw is on the fuel side start turning the pilot screw back to closed 1/2 or 1/4 turn at a time to lean it. At some point (if not immidietly) you will hear the idle revs start dropping and engine may even die. When they start to drop, your engine is getting too lean so start backing of 1/4 turn a time. Your goal is the find the spot where the idle revs are the highest AND the smoothest. The optimal spot is somewhere between the points where your revs are highest (not too lean) and where your idle becomes sputtery from choking on too much fuel (too rich). You can easily hear all this happening on a single cylinder engine. Find the both spots of too rich and too lean and find the happy medium between them. Blip the throttle too. Your revs should increase and decrease quickly without hestitation and hanging (very lean) or stumbling (rich) when returning back to idle. If the pilot screw is on the air side, you still have the same goal. The operation of the screw is just reversed, tightening is richer and opening is leaner. So start opening the screw first to find the spot where your revs start to drop from being too lean. Just don't let drop the pilot screw fall. 😁 Just in case that happens you know your pilot jet is way too big and you ran out of adjustment headroom. *Edit* oh, when you find the optimal spot, if A/F screw is on the fuel side and if you had to open the the screw more than 3.5 turns you want a bigger pilot jet. If it is less than 1 turn you want smaller pilot jet. Usually as a rule of thumb the optimal range is usually 1.5 and 3 turns before you want to consider changing the pilot jet to smaller or bigger. If it is air screw, I do not remember exactly what the range was. I think it was between 2 and 4 turns or such. 🤔

@MikesProjectsandHobbiesMC

9 ай бұрын

^^All of that!!

@flat_stickproductions209

2 ай бұрын

I have this same carb and engine, it does the same, gargling rich wide open and lean on idle. The 30mm carb is just too large for a 223cc engine.

go with a 17t/45t sprocket setup, its much happier at 55+mph. also I put shinko 705s on mine and it got rid of that sketchiness with the stock chinese tires. I actually got stranded with a flat on the stock tires and then ended up crashing trying to limp to somewhere with cell service . (tire came off rim; oops, lesson learned) Not sure how much money you wanted to put into this bike, but the tires and gearing made this thing actually ridable on the street! Take care!

Sounds to me like it needs a slightly larger pilot jet, cracking the throttle and then dying, too much air and not enough gas to make a full combustion. I would personally step up a size or two with the pilot jet and try it there 👍🏻

@scootboisam3

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I'd say it's leaning out. It either needs a bigger pilot or an accelerator pump

Just a heads up, a lot of those "300cc big bore" kits only move up the engine from 229cc to a true 250cc.

@yeahitskimmel

9 ай бұрын

You wouldn't believe how many 63cc China 72cc kits there are in the 50cc scene

@jacobfulton5106

9 ай бұрын

There’s a true 250 and like 267ish or something

@flat_stickproductions209

2 ай бұрын

Those kits won't fit, 15mm pin on the engine and 16mm pin on the kit.

In the words of Karl Childers “ ain’t got no gas”. 16:06

@josheakins5137

Ай бұрын

"ain't got no gas in it"* if you're going quote something, do it right

Just a tip, put the motorcycle in gear and rotate the engine from rear wheel, that way you dont need to open any additional covers which you dont have a new gasket for and when putting back together might cause a oil leak.

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

True, but this doesn't use a gasket. Just an o ring and it was still in good shape.

@getty6974

9 ай бұрын

@@spitescorner Once had a BMW K1600 that had the valves checked/adjusted and it leaked from that same cover and it was o-ring aswell. Just something to keep in mind.

I was about to say there needs to be some carb work because i can hit 60 on my gy6 swapped ruckus.

All combustions need 2 things: a fuel and an oxidizer. The Hawk chokes when you twist the throttle farther is because it lacks air (oxidizer), it has fuel, but without the right amount of oxidizer, it can't maintain the reaction going. The reason for the air intake to be a box is to provide constant air flow to the engine, without a box it consumes the air next to the intake, leaving no oxygen left to burn (like when the firefighters blow up explosive charges to put out fires by consuming the air).

To be fair,I am a few inches shorter and weigh 220, on a grom sat up I am lucky to get real speed of 55. I have to tuck as close to the tank as possible to hit low 60s with +4 rear sprocket. That bike may be much faster than a grom when you get the fueling set.

@JoshuaGrados

2 ай бұрын

My hawk 250 83 on the highway it’s moddded tho got the carb done valves 14t front teeth, rear, 42 t or 40

@JoshuaGrados

2 ай бұрын

I’m 200lbs

I heard you mention these videos weren’t do the greatest. I have loved them. I absolutely love watching people troubleshoot and wrench on videos. Especially on rediculous projects like this!

It doesn't like snapping the throttle: try dropping the main jet needle one clip, or use half step washer. Possibly, use a thicker needle, and re-adjust clip height. For "burbling" (too fat) at upper rpm range, use a battery vent tube (clear tube) on overflow teat, holding loose carb in hand with clear tube looped up beside carb body, open overflow screw. Work looped hose up and down to purge air and mark fuel level in tube. Turn fuel off, open overflow, dump float bowl contents (gas) into pot. Invert (dry) carb, remove float bowl, and bend float tang down ( up when right side up) . What you're trying to do is keep fuel level 2-3 mm below float bowl gasket surface (leaning fuel delivery). Experiment with this until desired result is achieved.

I bought a hawk off a dude for dirt cheap in 2017. 4,000ish miles (on the odo, speedo broke years ago) of hard use and commuting it is still going strong. Modified ebay exhaust made it even better along with sprockets and obligatory valve adjustment. Is it worth buying new? Maybe but used for $400 for 100% sure. It sits in the Texas sun every day while my "good" bikes are safe in the garage. Oh, insurance is a few pennies a day.

I am here for the epic christmas music :D

Get a wideband O2 sensor and rig up a gauge to see how close your jetting is, or take it to a dump tuner shop to see how your jetting and settings are. Pull the spark plug to see how it looks. Love the content.

You’ve got to replace both forks

Try richening up the idle circuit with that idle mixture screw. It might decrease that off idle bog.

i put the different front and rear sprockets on mine and i can do about 65 wide open, and 55 cruises nicely. my carb has a 105 jet in it.

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

Good to know. I'm going to try a 110 on a 28 mil carb and see how it does

@rozzbourn3653

9 ай бұрын

@@spitescorner mine is still using the stock air box too, so a 110 or even a 115 (depending on your elevation) would probably do the trick. there is a guy on youtube named motocheese that did a carb tune on the hawk 250 that helped me out quite a bit.

thank f... amazon can't sell motorcycles in the UK... but we do rugby though....

@Chittybang1821

9 ай бұрын

Because they don't trust Amazon. They know it's China and China and Russia will probably attack London first before New York City. That'll be the second one

@littlefishy6316

9 ай бұрын

At least the football makes life bearable, depending on which team you support.....

@Chittybang1821

9 ай бұрын

People forget they have been fighting with United Kingdom way before America was even created

@Chittybang1821

9 ай бұрын

.. Yes I'm on your side. I'm just saying the enemy definitely doesn't like you guys either. They even fight in England forever and you guys have had had such a great run with so many great kings and queens so they still have beef over that and holding grudges over that. And yes they hate America too. But trust me they want to attack you and us. I wonder who the access and the allies are going to be a going to see you like a list of each side

@Chittybang1821

9 ай бұрын

Definitely iran, Indian north Korea Russia China, South America and Africa will be divided. Some of the countries are for the bad guys and summer for the "good" lol all bad guys imo

Go with a 17t front sprocket, maybe go down a tooth or 2 in the rear and go down to a PE28M nibbi. The PE30M nibbi is rated for 250cc to 300cc. Technically the hawk 250 is a 231cc if I'm not mistaken

Even though you found the other needle too rich and still think it's rich, lean is one reason that can cause an engine to die when snapping the throttle. If you like the jet you have in there in general, maybe try fiddling the fuel-air screw a bit.

17:44 if snapping the throttle in a carb bike causes it to shut down, it probably has to do with the afr being off, probably too much air and not enough fuel, maybe the 22 jet is too small, a 24/26 might be a better option i also noticed it didnt go above ~7k rpm, these engine can run to 10k when tuned correctly (mine can reach 11k with stock engine but some creative extras) so that may as well be because it doesnt get enough fuel to to beyond 7k, almost like a faulty rev limiter

@renektop6820

9 ай бұрын

reposting an old comment of mine in case anyone wants to know the best upgrades for these bikes imo : huge upgrades for chinese bikes list from my experience: -carb/air filter/exhaust (oem exhaust comes choked as hell, so a more "free" exhaust will help it become rev happy) -ignition coil wire assembly (yes, the whole thing, it was so shitty in my bike that it felt like a camshaft upgrade, it didnt even reach 9k with the "oem" one comfortably and once I changed it I didnt even realise i was banging 11k on 5th without struggling) -gearing and tires, no real explanation needed -brake pads/brake fluid extra upgrades if you feel spicy: - plastic tank and weight reduction in general -big bore kits and camshafts are available and do work apparently (havent done them myself) -better brake cylinders, relatively cheap upgrade, rcb makes good products for bikes like these (you might have to drill a whole for the rear brake screw) - crf/kx/yz/ktm costumes can go in these bikes with a bit of fabrication (and weight savings)

@PetrolJunkie

9 ай бұрын

These bikes are set up for near ocean level, the market for most of these bikes doesn't have the high altitudes you can have in the US, most of them will not be ridden at that altitude and require rejetting to get the most out of those engines. I don't have a link handy but there are tables available for either carb he's using with the correct size for each altitude range. He does likely have an AFR issue.

@Jim-nm1en

9 ай бұрын

Try raising the throttle needle one notch in the carburettor slide to see if that stops engine dying when you snap the throttle open or try a different profile needle. Carbs can be trial and error without the right tuning tools. Many years ago , I used a special spark plug made by "Gunson" that enabled you to see the combustion flame colour which told you if you were running rich or weak at various revs.

@qfour22

9 ай бұрын

Unique placement of that left hand mirror.

@PetrolJunkie

9 ай бұрын

@@Jim-nm1en Looking at a sparkplug only tells you that it's got a mixture problem at some point in the RPM range, it doesn't tell you where. That's where sensors make a big difference on modern motors.

The guy (or machine) that tightened the valve cover bolts was 110% dedicated to his job These valve covers aren’t going anywhere soon, boss

Bigger carburetors don't give more gas. They pass more air. Carb cfm need to match the cfm passed by the engine at max VE and max RPM. You can assume you your wide open throttle VE is not better than 85%. Take the displacement and multiply it by max RPM. Then multiply that number by .5 because it's a four stroke. Then multiply that number by .85 for you volumetric efficiency (VE). Then buy the correct carb.

The throttle snap thing might be a lack of an accelerator pump/a malfunctioning one. A "pumper" carb would fix this issue I believe.

@nla27

9 ай бұрын

Is it that when the throttle plate opens too much vacuum is lost to pull fuel through the jet? And it's the pump that that corrects the issue by forcing fuel through to maintain fuel air mixture.

If you've jetted it correctly you probably also need to mess with the air/fuel mix for part throttle

Fun to see the Hawk rebuild and it did pass inspection so that's great! As what the other comments said check the air/fuel screw if it is set correctly. If not the bigger carb might be the cause of that.

Every carbureted bike I've owned has shut off if you snap the throttle like that before it's fully warmed up. I'm assuming it's because the mixture isn't quite right until everything's up to temperature.

What a good trivium song playing on your phone lol

So many facets of fun watching this from garage to road to inspection! Is Austin ready for The Hawk…? 😂

Thanks Spite, this was such a great video. Really enjoyed it mate.

I had one of these and I definitely learned how to wrench owning one and it was good to learn my first year.

I always adjust my valves with an impact wrench. I mean, you can't be too careful - if a valve comes loose that means trouble. Hitch them down tighter than a snare drum. Valve covers the same.

@max-zv7sf

9 ай бұрын

I just weld them in place with my oxy torch, then bracket them bouble bolted skookum as frigg. Because fuck using the proper torque, am i right?

Its called a vacuum carb. Replace it with a Keihin FCR with accelerator pump. In the real world, you're not going to wind that grip fast anyhow. However, with an accelerator pump the engine will get a shot of fuel down the throat revving the engine until the vacuum builds to draw fuel through the main jet.

So glad Dork's bike is finally getting some much-needed love after it's uhhh eventful life

I'm really enjoying these wrenching videos because I have a Magician that is falling apart faster than I can fix it. And I'm actually learning a lot more here since nobody on the interwebs or real life has heard of the Ricky Power Sports brand. That makes it really hard to find parts and knowledge.

@domenik8339

5 ай бұрын

Bro what. Ricky power sports isn't the brand, they're just the dealer. The parts you're looking for don't have to be "Ricky Powersports" magician parts, they can be ANY magifican parts, or even any parts that happen to fit your engine. Like if you find that the zongshen engine is the same as the magicians (highly likely) then you can be zongshen engine parts. Almost all of these modern Chinabikes use only 2 engines as far as I can tell anyway, Lifans or Lifan copies like zongshen.

Doing valve clearances on a bike like that isn't too bad. I'm in the middle of doing them for an 07 Triumph Bonneville I recently picked up. If the clearances are out of spec you have to remove the cam (or both cams) takes out these little puck shims that sit under the cam lobes, measure them with a micrometer and figure out what size shim you need to order to get the correct clearance. Kind of a pain in the butt... at least compared to what I'm used on vintage bikes.

@frankcourtney6413

9 ай бұрын

Give setting valve clearances on a Ducati a try, will make your triumph ones seem very easy.

The bike cutting out when you whip the throttle wide open on idle means it's STILL getting too much fuel. Adjust the fueling just a little, & you should be golden, it'll also perform better throughout the rev range

Maybe should have stuck with stock carby.

Bogging off idle to full throttle is common to non constant velocity carbs. You go very lean when the slide goes full up and the needle pulls out of the jet but the throttle body does not have the air velocity to suck up any gas. Do not operate a non-cv carb in this manner or richen the mixture and look for a compromise.

Very enjoyable series good sir!

Spite get a garage whiteboard! It will help with the intros and staying focused.

Big bore, a bit of carb setting up and she'll hit 70 !.....maybe more, it's got to be done Spite 😎

Hi Spite. I’m stopping in Manor TX this week for a couple days. My son lives there. I’m starting a 4500 mile trip around the southwest this week, passing through Texas, then to California, and finally back home to Tennessee. Would be fun to meet up and say “hi” for a minute. Let me know if that seems fun for you!

My Orion rxb125L is pretty sweet. Build quality was way better than I expected. Even came with fully adjustable suspension and electric \kick start. Just waiting on sumo wheel set now. Might be gearing. My 125 goes 55 np and hit 63 downhill with a tailwind. I'm only 160lbs on a 160lb so could fector in. Definitely interested in seeing you bore it out. I'm looking at the Daytona 190 with bore kit and 4v head. These Chinese are great for kick around bikes. The stock tires are trash.

@carlitosbrigante6889

9 ай бұрын

I have an Apollo RXF Freeride with a Daytona 212 on street legal form bought it from Orión Powersports, and street legalized it with Dirt Legal.

@East_TX_LCR

9 ай бұрын

@@carlitosbrigante6889 yeah I was going to do all the stuff myself till my annoying DMV was saying bonded title so I used streetohv, figured I didn't care about Texas plate for now anyways.

Forgot to mention in my other comment if you're only at like 100 miles the engine hasn't broke in yet, it really opens up after 500 or so miles on it

The reason the bike dies when you quickly turn the throttle is because it creates a super lean condition where the valve opens quickly and air rushes into the cylinder but there's nearly not enough fuel; obviously this would never happen in a fuel injected bike but there are some carbureted motorcycles out there with something called an accelerator pump, this so called accelerator pump is part of the carburetor body that squirts fuel to match the air intake that takes place when you quickly and suddenly turn the throttle.

I see one of my favorite songs playing on your phone “Pull harder on the strings of your martyr” by Trivium 👍🏻 I would also recommend Shogun

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

I like shogun, but Ascendancy and In Waves just hit different. That and the Phalanx of Court of thr Dragon

I don't like Amazon but i like your chanel so there goes that I'm watching it

Carbureted motorcycles can stall when you snap the throttle open while idling due to a sudden increase in air and fuel entering the engine. When you snap the throttle, it creates a rapid demand for more air and fuel, which can disrupt the delicate balance needed for combustion at idle. This can lead to an overly rich or lean air-fuel mixture, causing the engine to stall. Modern fuel-injected motorcycles are better at managing these rapid throttle changes, making them less prone to stalling in such situations. So you can encounter this on all your carburetor bikes which you have in the past already experience encountering.

Your just channelling your inner shadetree surgeon

That was interesting. Lean backfire condition ? Snapping throttles on carburetor bikes can lead to that.

I believe you should have went with the 26mm carb and try turning the idle up

Without sprocket gearing changes you have reached the limit in speed around 55. You forgot to tuck in and roll downhill! I can tell you didn’t have any strong Texas winds as a headwind or 55 would have seemed unreachable. 😝 It’s interesting to throttle the nuts off a slow bike though. Different to keeping a fast bike going speed limit slow. Your bike height and your height are much higher than a Grom or a Scooter so your surface area to the wind acting as a brake is much greater forces against your speed as a result.

Buddy love watching ur videos...

Content tilt. I like it.

Hey Spite , where did you get the speedometer, I need one like it to replace my crappy one on my Dongfang 200sst 👍

Someone else probably already called this out, but look at 7:28 when he spins the front wheel. That rim is borked.

PE30 and 122 main jet did not solve my throttle stutter at high throttle positions. I am going down to a 28 PWK.

My 250 cc dirt bike from the 70's would top out at 95 mph with trail gears. I do admit it was nowhere close to stock.

When you test clearance with the lock nut loose, slack in the threads can cause your measurements to drift after tightening. Being conscious of that made valve lashing much easier for me, I usually finger snug the nut before sticking in the gauge

I've enjoyed the Hawk content so far. Mods could be fun. You messing with this bike just reminds me about how I'm going to get a Kawasaki or a Honda for my first dual sport.

@littlefishy6316

9 ай бұрын

Loved my 2011 Kawasaki KLX250, before this I had a 1986 KLR250, both great. Had road tyres on the KLX, great urban fun

@domenik8339

5 ай бұрын

He didn't do the necessary maintenance and suffered the consequences. It'll happen with any bike, or any machine for that matter.

A new chain and 17t front 45t rear. 28mm PWK nibbi carb will cruise 60 all day. Stock chain is garbage and that hawk probably is 16t front 50t rear. Will still be good off road and won't be useless on road

Bad vale or bad timing would cause that backfire threw the carb. I'd rip all that wiring out an redo it

The 28mm is large as you would want for a true 250cc engine and the hawk doesn’t have a true 250cc but has a smaller engine and then marketing just called it a 250. 😝 30 is overkill for sure. You will find it a lot easier and quicker to tune the correct jet sizes and air/fuel idle mixture screw on a 28 than you ever will on that 30.

Your taste in music is exactly like mine god damn Trivium playing in the background

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

Recently fell back in love with Trivium. Been trying to learn The Heart From Your Hate on guitar. I have the tone nailed. Now I need to git gud lol

@yelloweyesazazel9491

9 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! I don't play myself but kudos to you for actually learning guitar

I enjoyed it very much

Check the spark plug you will know everything you need to know about your carb just by looking at it!

@vintageyamahasquid

9 ай бұрын

Sort of. It’ll give you an idea but your idle air, pilot, main and needle all activate at different rpm’s. Your plug will show the average. I.E. if your pilot is lean but the rest is slightly rich, you may see no lean indicators in the plug. Reading plugs is like reading bones though. It’s a metric but not the final say.

@vintageyamahasquid

9 ай бұрын

Edit: Throttle position not rpm.

@wanderer7779

9 ай бұрын

@@vintageyamahasquid With a new spark plug you could determine what's happening with your pilot jet by letting it sit idle for a while... when that is done I'd keep it pinned on the highway and check how my main jet is doing (80-100% required). I'm pretty sure his problem isn't them it's probably the jet needle that is adjusted to lean. Anyway spark plug tells you things!

I’d either say get the lifan kpx250 or big bore this guy

Do you have a link to the crank case pod filter??

Carbureted bikes don't respond well to stupid throttle inputs. They don't have a computer to actually think for you. You should try flat slides on a Busa.

I thought about getting one for camping

Would love to see the big bore

The throttle snap die is too big of a carb. The larger that venturi is, the less vacuum signal the jets see. Especially when you snap the throttle open bc vacuum drops to almost zero. Doesn't mean it's not the best size for max power, just not snappy

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking. I ordered a smaller carb JIC. They're like $70 each so it's no biggie. This one was designed for 250-300cc, the new one is 200-250.

@rienkhoek4169

9 ай бұрын

Isn't that why the accelerator pump was invented? My '83 Honda comes with one.

I have a kp mini 150 and it will hit 62 (gps) on flat ground and nothing in front of me. I can't imagine the hawk being tapped at 55

It is NORMAL for the bike to bog on immediate WOT like that because your carburetor does NOT have an accelerator pump. When you snap the throttle to WOT, there is a momentary LEAN condition created. The accelerator pump compensates for this by literally spraying right into venturi. As you can tell on yours, when rolling on the throttle it is fine. No amount of pilot jet is enough to overcome the snapping of WOT throttle...note I am only talking about a single carb. This doesn't apply to multiple carburetors. When jetting the carb you need to ride it. You can't tune it when it's at rest with no load. Only change one circuit at a time starting with pilot jet, then Needle and finally main jet. Learn to read the spark plugs because that is the best tool for your AFR. Spark plugs will tell you exactly what your changes are doing in the combustion chamber. I would also double check you have no air leaks or vacuum leaks as they will cause lean condition and you will chase it by going fatter on your jets.

Bigger carb also flows more air.

That old hawk has a non counterbalanced engine. The new Hawk X 250 gets you a counterbalanced engine. You can get brand new engines and transmission for less than the price of a new replacement seat for a Japanese or Harley cruiser so you can have a lot of fun on a budget modifying and performance improving a Chinese bike. The cheaper education for motorcycle mechanical aptitude and hands on.

Why did you change the dash ? ... and where / what did you order ?

Spite: "This shouldn't take long." Valves: *chuckles* Spite: "Welp..." Been there done that lmaoooo

I don't know man. You can get a great used Japanese motorcycle that'll blow its doors off start everyday and probably last multiple years. Even decades...love Japanese bikes . I like finding ones with low miles one owner. It's been sitting for 4 years . You need the battery carb cleaning the usual suspects but you can find ones that have like 5000 mi on them and they would baby their whole life. Basically brand new just need to be brought back to life

I want to see you mod the crap out of this thing and SEND IT.

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

It shall be sent

You need a different air cleaner and or jetting and needle swap

Big bore kit! like a 650? LOL

What about when a fuel injected bike bogs out when you give it throttle? That is what my 06 CBR 600rr is doing now, seemingly overnight. Can anyone help?

@ChristopherT_

9 ай бұрын

Check air filter and spark plugs, that'll get you pointed in the right direction

I had many problems on my bike but let me just tell you it’s definitely a bike to just experience on sure there were issues with it but idk man I like the bike

@JoshuaGrados

2 ай бұрын

I wish I knew all this in 2020

At least they are screw and nut rocker arms.

Well you can get a new KLX 230 for 4999 and not have a sketchy bezos bike

@Ntmoffi

9 ай бұрын

I don't know why people risk their life on cheap busted machines.

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

Because I can't afford a nicer one. Even with the cash spent, I'm in this bike for like $1500 including the bike. Offroad, it'll be alright. Also these bikes are all over South and Central America and the Asain markets doing alright.

are you ever going to do this kind of series again but with another type of bike?

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

I was planning on doing one with a Victory Empulse TT, but I couldn't get my hands on the bike.

@charlieticehurst2105

9 ай бұрын

@@spitescorner to bad but atleast we might get more stuff like this in the future

Wat part of Texas you In im in htx

Wonder how the fuel injected version would be?

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

A few bucks more.

@mikecollins3406

9 ай бұрын

Check out Moto Cheez channel. He has reviewed a ton of these chinese bikes including the fuel injected and counter balanced version of the Hawk.

Lesson learned?? Always replace forks in pairs spite

@spitescorner

9 ай бұрын

I didn't order the forks. The replacement came with

@yeahitskimmel

9 ай бұрын

I'd say on a China bike you only replace what it needs cuz who says the two replacements you get are anywhere close in performance anyhow

You need to modify your intake...you added fuel without adding air.

Them sprocket robbing u of top speed

Man who has ridden Harley motorcycles says that is way too tight? Doesn’t matter if Harley or Chinese, vibrations will work any non tight bolt loose and all motorcycle riders know loctite blue is your friend. It’s not if but when a bolt will loosen and fall off while going down the road due to engine vibrations over time. Just randomly turning the bolts when putting it back on it looks like you should go put some loctite on if you are not using a torque wrench or have years of muscle memory to know you have the appropriate torque on the bolts. Otherwise you’ve just loosened them so they randomly work loose while riding a lot faster than when they were tight.

Spite can you review motorcycles from india? Like the pulsar ns200, dominar 400, rr310, xpulse. Xmr , apache 200

@joshuachristiansen2626

9 ай бұрын

None of those bikes exist in the US.

@darkiee69

9 ай бұрын

It's hard to do reviews on bikes they don't have in the US. Unless someone pays him to go to India and test them.

You need some tlc people run 70 plus